CIVIL WAR BATTLES

ELECTION OF LINCOLN

• November 1,1860
• Lincoln was elected president.

FIRST STATE SECEDES FROM THE UNION

• December 20,1860
• South Carolina is the first state to secede from the union.

FORT SUMTER

• On April 12-14 1861
• Robert Anderson moved his command. to Fort Sumter

FIRST Manassas

JEFFERSON DAVIS BECOMES CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT

• November 6, 1861
• Jefferson Davis becomes confederate president

SHILOH

• April 6-7, 1862
• Happened in Hardin County, Tenessee. It was a union victory

HARPER'S FERRY

• September 12-15,1862
• Happened in Jefferson co. West Virginia. It was a confederate victory

ANTIETAM

• September 16-18, 1862
• Washington co, Maryland. There was no clear winner

EMANCIPATION PROCLIMATION

• January 1, 1863
• It said that all slaves in the confederacy will be free

VICKSBURG

• May 18-July 4, 1863
• Warren Co, Mississippi . It was a union victory.

GETTYSBURG

• July 1,3,1863
• Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee concentrated his army around Gettysburg.

GETTYSBURG ADRESS

• November 19,1863
• delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on 19 November 1863 during the war.

MISSIONARY RIDGE

• November 25,1863
• The Battle of Missionary Ridge was fought November 25, 1863 in Chattanooga, Tennessee . It was a union victory

SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX

• April 9,1865
• Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN ASSASSINATED

• April 14,1865
• He was born on February 12th 1809, and died April 15th 1865. He was shot by John WilkesBooth